Articles by Elin Bjarnegård

April 18, 2023

🌈 Genderwashing or genderbashing? Reconciling the different faces of modern autocrats

Elin Bjarnegård

Gender and authoritarianism are interconnected – but in different and unexpected ways. Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg think the relationship between them deserves more attention in political science. Here, they expose the relationship in terms of two autocrat strategies: genderwashing and genderbashing

Elin Bjarnegård

Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Uppsala University

Elin's research focuses on gender, masculinities, corruption, political parties and conflict.

She has been published in journals including American Political Science Review, Party Politics, Journal of Democracy, Politics & Gender and Journal of Peace Research.

Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment
Explaining Male Dominance in Parliamentary Representation

Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment: Explaining Male Dominance in Parliamentary Representation
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Gender and Violence against Political Actors
Temple University Press, 2023

She tweets @elinbja

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